Primary care medicine

Description:

Thoroughly revised and updated reflecting the new patient management responsibilities that are dictated by today's health care reform. This text continues to provide pertinent information on medical diagnosis, therapy, lab tests, and health maintenance. Topics covered in this edition include outpatient management of HIV patients, communication of risks and prognosis, interpreting evidence of therapeutic efficacy, new strategies for hypertension control and hyperlipidemia.

subjects: Primary Health Care,  Ambulatory medical care,  Ambulatory Care,  Family medicine,  Médecine familiale,  Traitement ambulatoire,  Soins santé primaire,  Soins ambulatoires,  Huisartsgeneeskunde,  Soins médicaux ambulatoires,  Médecine générale,  Primary care (medicine)